Equatorial Guinea's minister for economy and finance, Lucas Abaga Nchama, has been sacked for irregularities, according to a government decree published on Wednesday. Abaga Nchama, who was also in charge of planning, was dismissed for irregularities committed in the exercise of his office, it said, without giving further details. He has b ...

Loyalists of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir called for a support rally in Khartoum on Thursday as protesters demanding his resignation massed outside army headquarters for a fifth straight day. The National Congress Party 39;s executive bureau supports the national dialogue partners 39; initiative to organise a gathering to be seen by ...

Is the dream of one global internet still alive? Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content. China for years has walled off some western services, and the fragmentation may be accelerating ...

Executions fell worldwide by nearly a third last year to their lowest levels in at least a decade, but several countries recorded a rise, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Use of the death penalty dropped in Iran -- by an eye-popping 50 percent, following a change to its anti-narcotics laws -- Iraq, Pakistan and Somalia, the rights grou ...